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Meaning of "bunny boiler" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUNNY BOILER

From the 1987 film Fatal Attraction, in which a female character boils a pet rabbit to terrorize the family of the lover who spurns her.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BUNNY BOILER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUNNY BOILER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bunny boiler is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUNNY BOILER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer. The film centers around a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end, resulting in emotional blackmail, stalking, and an ensuing obsession on her part. The film was adapted by James Dearden and Nicholas Meyer from an earlier 1980 short film by Dearden for British television, Diversion. Fatal Attraction was a hit, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 1987 in the United States and the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide. Critics were enthusiastic about the film, and it received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress for Close, and Best Supporting Actress for Archer. Both lost to Cher and Olympia Dukakis, respectively, for Moonstruck.

Definition of bunny boiler in the English dictionary

The definition of bunny boiler in the dictionary is a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUNNY BOILER

bunker mentality
bunkhouse
bunkmate
bunko
bunkum
bunnet
bunnia
bunnies
bunny
bunny girl
bunny hill
bunny hop
bunny hug
bunny rabbit
bunny slope
bunny-hop
bunodont
bunraku
buns

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUNNY BOILER

back boiler
boiler
broiler
charbroiler
coiler
condensing boiler
despoiler
double boiler
embroiler
moiler
oiler
potboiler
recoiler
soap boiler
spoiler
steam-boiler
subsoiler
toiler
trailer
water tube boiler

Synonyms and antonyms of bunny boiler in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bunny boiler» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUNNY BOILER

Find out the translation of bunny boiler to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bunny boiler from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bunny boiler» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

兔子锅炉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conejito de la caldera
570 millions of speakers

English

bunny boiler
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चलनेवाली बायलर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأرنب المرجل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кролик котел
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coelhinho da caldeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুনো বয়লার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chaudière lapin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dandang kelinci
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bunny Boiler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バニーボイラー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

토끼 보일러
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bunny boiler
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thỏ nồi hơi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பன்னி கொதிகலன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बनी बॉयलर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bunny kazanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bunny caldaia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bunny boiler
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кролик котел
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bunny Boiler
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bunny boiler
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bunny ketel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kanin panna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bunny kjele
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bunny boiler

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUNNY BOILER»

The term «bunny boiler» is normally little used and occupies the 120.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUNNY BOILER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bunny boiler» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bunny boiler» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bunny boiler

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QUOTES WITH «BUNNY BOILER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bunny boiler.
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Glenn Close
Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUNNY BOILER»

Discover the use of bunny boiler in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bunny boiler and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Diary of a Bunny Boiler
Rosie's story is a tale of self discovery, sorrow, laughter and hope. Her terminally ill Father had challenged her to be happy a difficult concept for Rosie who thought that happiness was only for others.
Rosie Andrews, 2009
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Em & Lo's Buh Bye: The Ultimate Guide to Dumping and Getting ...
See also Blood on the Tracks. bunny-boiler A clingy, overbearing, vindictive, possessive, obsessive, unhinged, possibly suicidal (or, in rare cases, homicidal) ex. Named for Glenn Close's character who boils her ex- lover's daughter's pet rabbit ...
Emma Taylor, Lorelei Sharkey, 2007
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Nae Hair & A G-String
Sulk, more sulking, some more sulking, rocket, bunny boiler, rocket bunny boiler. She had a problem, she needs professional help. Is it my fault. What if it's all my fault. Maybe it's me that's the rocket (scientist), maybe it's me that's the bunny ...
Rod MacLeod, 2008
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
She was an emotional loose cannon and he would have to disengage from her with the utmost delicacy or she would turn into what he had heard called a bunny -boiler— Ben Elton, High society, p. 201, 2002 • I don't like the look of her mate, ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Third & 4th Time Lucky...
PSYCHO-LOVER/BUNNY-BOILER. Scratching at the window of the front door - You're back again to spoil my day! Still, you're like family to me by now... My own pet Psycho Lover - Bunny Boiler... Together tied by a twisted mutual dependency!
Paul Chandler
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Strange Creatures
If you think you are too small to have an impact, try sleeping with a mosquito— The Dalai Lama (3) THE DIARY OF A BUNNY BOILER Definition of a Bunny Boiler:—Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction— unstable, a loose cannon, unpredictable, ...
Rosie Andrews, 2014
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
bung bung-ho bunk bunny-boiler bupkis burl buy the farm to crash an aircraft, usu. fatally bust. Nor is it the cheapest, since porcini cost a bundle (1992). [From earlier sense, roll of banknotes.] bung Brit. verb trans. 1 To bribe; to pay; to tip.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Shagging for America: Unwritten Rules for Unrepentant Males
How can you tell if you are dating a Bunny Boiler? • If your caller ID shows that she called you 11 times in 10 minutes but didn't leave a message. • If she talks a lot about litigation she is involved in or boyfriends who have orders of protection,  ...
Sam Priest, 2001
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The Player's Guide to Girls: Mastering the Art of the Quick ...
Mastering the Art of the Quick Seduction Sam Priest. Since obsessive stalker types are often over 35, you can avoid many of them by not dating older women. How can you tell if you are dating a Bunny Boiler? * If your caller ID shows that she ...
Sam Priest, 2005
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Bunny See bunny boiler and happy bunny. BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL / 45 Bunny boiler A person with psychopathic or revengeful tendencies. The phrase is often used jokingly ofan ex-boyfriend or girlfriend who was vindictive when the ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUNNY BOILER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bunny boiler is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bannatyne takes dig at ex with skeleton pic
“I hear there is a bunny boiler on the loose in the UK,” he wrote while on holiday in France. It is not the first time Mr Bannatyne has suffered an ... «Deadline News, Jul 15»
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Duncan Bannatyne, 66, takes aim at his ex Michelle Evans with …
... claims and tweeted from Paris, where he was believed to be with his new girlfriend, saying: 'I hear there is a bunny boiler on the loose in UK? «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Big Brother: In defence of Harry - and why she deserves to be in the …
I like her, but to many, she's a moody and miserable bunny boiler who has ruined Nick's time on the show. Harry could very well be evicted ... «Digital Spy, Jul 15»
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Fatal Attraction is being turned into a TV series — but do we really …
So intense is her obsession that she inspired the term "bunny boiler" when she kills Douglas' daughter's pet bunny and leaves it in a pot on the ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
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'Fatal Attraction' to be remade as TV series
The film famously gave birth to the expression "bunny boiler" in reference to a memorable scene in which Close's character kills and cooks a ... «NME.com, Jul 15»
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Mad Men writers are to reboot classic 80s thriller for TV
Those of a certain age will recall Glenn Close going all broken biscuits on Michael Douglas and coining the phrase 'Bunny Boiler' in Fatal ... «Entertainment.ie, Jul 15»
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Film reviews: Terminator Genisys; That Sugar Film; Knock Knock
Typically nasty stuff that is hard to believe and even tougher to watch. Like a reheat of bunny boiler thriller Fatal Attraction with the brains and ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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Tantrums, fall-outs and verrucas: The best ever Big Brother quotes
... it doesn't mean I'm gay" – Anthony Hutton, BB 6. That didn't stop 'bunny boiler' Craig Coates from falling in lust with you did it, Anthony? «Closer, Jun 15»
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Big Brother lovebirds Harry Amelia and Nick Henderson's …
Marc started off the day by giving his assessment of the birthday blowup, telling the Diary Room that Harry is 'an absolute bunny boiler'. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Dragon's Den's Duncan Bannatyne at Buckingham Palace for …
... claims and tweeted from Paris, where he was believed to be with his new girlfriend, saying: 'I hear there is a bunny boiler on the loose in UK? «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bunny boiler [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bunny-boiler>. Apr 2024 ».
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